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* AdaptationalSexuality: Wendy hooks up with boys and girls in the novel, but only boys in the film.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Released in 1997, set in October 1973. Also goes for the book, which was set in the same period but released in 1994.


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* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: Wendy's dad walks in on Wendy and Mikey.


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* RedRidingHoodReplica: Wendy, the fourteen-year-old FilleFatale, wears a red hooded cloak to the walk to the Carver house (through the woods).
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The movie is set in the run-up to Thanksgiving, and is about familial and relationship breakdown in the suburbs.


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* SymbolicGlassHouse: The Carvers live in a modernist glass house. There's some emphasis on Sandy blowing up his model planes. They're also an unhappy, crumbling family, where Janey is cheating on Jim, and then Jim cheats on her.
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* {{Nerd}}: Paul, who is a big ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' fan, and his narration discusses one specific issue from UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks ("#141, published in November of 1973").

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* {{Shoutout}}: RearrangeTheSong: Music/DavidBowie recorded a new version of the Tin Machine track [[Music/TinMachineAlbum "I Can't Read"]] for the film, based on an earlier, unreleased re-recording made during the sessions for ''Music/{{Earthling}}'' (the earlier one would later be included on the 2022 EP ''Is It Any Wonder?'').
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--> '''Philip:''' Sometimes the shepherd needs the comfort of the sheep.

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--> '''Philip:''' Sometimes the shepherd needs the comfort company of the sheep.
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--> '''Philip''' Sometimes the shepherd needs the comfort of the sheep.
--> '''Elena''' I'm going to try hard not to understand the implications of that.

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--> '''Philip''' '''Philip:''' Sometimes the shepherd needs the comfort of the sheep.
--> '''Elena''' '''Elena:''' I'm going to try hard not to understand the implications of that.

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* HollywoodNerd: Paul, who is a big ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' fan, and his narration discusses one specific issue from UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks ("#141, published in November of 1973").


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* {{Nerd}}: Paul, who is a big ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' fan, and his narration discusses one specific issue from UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks ("#141, published in November of 1973").
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* YourCheatingHeart: Ben on Elena with Janey, and Janey on Jim with Ben, although the cheating is done primarily to alleviate boredom rather than out of any deep emotions, affection, or even plain old lust toward the other person.
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''The Ice Storm'' is a 1997 drama directed by Creator/AngLee and starring Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JoanAllen, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/ElijahWood, and Creator/KatieHolmes.

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''The Ice Storm'' is a 1997 drama directed by Creator/AngLee and starring Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JoanAllen, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/ElijahWood, and Creator/KatieHolmes. The film is an adaptation of the 1994 novel of the same name by Rick Moody.
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* {{Workaholic}}: Jim is one. He is rarely at home. He spends a lot of time in the office and he is often on bussiness trips.

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* {{Workaholic}}: Jim is one. He is rarely at home. He spends a lot of time in the office and he is often on bussiness business trips.
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* AffectionateNickname: Paul and Wendy call each other "Charles".
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''The Ice Storm'' is a 1997 drama directed by Creator/AngLee and starring Creator/KevinKline, Joan Allen, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/ElijahWood, and Creator/KatieHolmes.

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''The Ice Storm'' is a 1997 drama directed by Creator/AngLee and starring Creator/KevinKline, Joan Allen, Creator/JoanAllen, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/ElijahWood, and Creator/KatieHolmes.
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* {{Squick}}: Elena's reaction to Philip's unfortunate word choice:

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* {{Squick}}: In-universe, Elena's reaction to Philip's unfortunate word choice:
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* {{Squick}}: Elena's reaction to Philip's unfortunate word choice:
--> '''Philip''' Sometimes the shepherd needs the comfort of the sheep.
--> '''Elena''' I'm going to try hard not to understand the implications of that.
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* ArtisticLicense: Fantastic Four #141 has a ''December'' 1973 cover date, and [[http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=44862 went on sale in September]]. In no case is it factually correct to say that it was published in November.
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* PhoneaholicTeenager: Wendy takes the phone in her bed and her father has to take it from her when he comes back at night with Elena.


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* TheTalk: Ben tries to talk to Paul about masturbation. He is very awkward and Paul finally tells him that he is 16, meaning that he already knows about it.


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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Jim is a {{Workaholic}} and he is rarely at home. When he comes back from a business trip, he tells his sons that he is back, but Mikey had not even noticed that his father was on a trip.


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* {{Workaholic}}: Jim is one. He is rarely at home. He spends a lot of time in the office and he is often on bussiness trips.

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